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My best guess is that the "store-of-value that can't be manipulated by banks" is effectively over. Big banks it seems will take over the trading volume of the big crypto coins and develop their own exchanges.

The keys to anti-aging and anti-brain degradation are daily intermittent fasting, plant/fruit based diet, low sodium, low fatty foods, and low stress. Many monks in the far east follow this and live well into their 120s

Many comments have this delusion of things being free. Free college, free healthcare, free this/that, etc. In this world of limited resources nothing is free. Either your tax money, someone else's tax money, or your govt through debt is paying for these "free" things.

More accurately, this is what happens when a company operates based on illusion and not reality. Sooner or later reality rears its ugly face. Their business was created on handouts and grants, but when that money dried up they couldn't generate their own revenue. Had they focused on being self-sufficient for revenue since their inception they most likely wouldn't have these problems in the first place.

Facebook turns the blind eye once again. They don't want to be held responsible for what's posted on their platform. Facebook is enabling discrimination. I left facebook 2 1/2 years ago very happy with the decision

Great article. Its sad that wealth automatically portrays hate in many peoples eyes. Jabs at the author don't advance anything and are not appropriate HN is better than that

I think the author is misrepresenting Musk's views and statements. Musk isn't condemning public transit, he knows it plays a valuable role in large cities. Musk is simply saying that there are ways to make it better. Also the statement below is sort of troubling:

> This means that if you decide not to ride transit because it’s too crowded, somebody else will be happy to take your place there, delivering the same level of efficiency.

That statement is fallacious. Overcrowded public transits can be a serious danger in the case of an accident and they should not be overlooked simply because someone else is willing to take your place. For example, on my morning commute in san diego the doors on the light rails can barely close due to being overcrowded and people jamming in to not miss the light rail. Sure its efficient in that a lot of people are riding, but if an accident happens we have no room to maneuver.

> I strongly suspect that he does, in fact, know that.

His proposals imply that he does not in fact realize that zero-day attacks occur. Negligence is one thing, but having state of the art security systems and still being punished for a breach is another thing. A state sponsored group with enough time and money can repeatedly infiltrate a system. A tax certainly wont solve the problem

> If you have a breach of data, your tax goes up for a period of 10 years.

You do know it is impossible thwart all data breaches right? You can have the most sophisticated security system created and Zero-day attacks are still bound to occur. Data breaches occur without the companies themselves even knowing they took place... Geniuses are on the offensive side, if they want in, they will get in. No company in the right mind would agree to pay a tax when the inevitable happens. Just my 0.02

Citron is not bitcoin neutral. They are short biased bitcoin as their website and twitter account reiterate. And a hedge doesn't mean "neutral." It simply protects you in the event that an investment doesn't go as expected.